Bizarre ‘sunburn blob’ found washed up at Kemp Beach on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef

A mysterious brown blob has washed up on an Australian beach, leaving onlookers wondering what the creature might be.

A photo posted of animals of Australian origin Facebook The group shows a ‘sunburn’ lump sitting in the middle of low tide on Monday.

The unidentified animal was spotted at Yepoon’s Kemp Beach on the southern side of the Great Barrier Reef. queensland.

While users gave their suggestions on identifying the creature, commentators with eagle-eyed commentaries settled it to be a tomato jellyfish.

This species is not fatal to humans, but it can inflict a nasty sting if touched by beach-goers.

When jellyfish wash ashore, it can sometimes give off a pungent odor—a natural deterrent for people to stay away.

One commenter compared the creature to former Parramatta Eels NRL player Peter Stirling, who donated the animal to the ‘Peter Stirling fish’ – also known as the blob fish.

‘I bet Peter Sterling likes that comparison,’ said another.

The unidentified animal (pictured) was seen at Kemp Beach in Yepoon, in the southern region of the Great Barrier Reef

The blob fish is a part of a family called the fathead sculpin, which is found in the seawater of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, usually in deep waters from 100 m to 2,800 m underwater.

A user shared a picture of a brown jellyfish similar to a tomato jellyfish, which looks very similar to the one found in Queensland.

‘Agreed – definitely a jellyfish. Although looking a bit sunburned,’ said a user.

Another commenter who was involved in the mystery believed that it resembled the shell of a shark’s egg.

Eagle-eyed users have their say, with some saying the creature is a blob fish, while others claiming the ‘sunburned’ lump is a jelly fish (pictured, Kemp Beach in Queensland)

A small number of sharks practice ‘internal fertilization’, similar to the way humans reproduce with the male inset ‘cluspers’ into the female’s reproductive organs.

The laying of shark eggs outside the female’s body is called ‘oviparity’, while the general method is ‘viviparous’, meaning the eggs develop inside the mother.

Eggs from predators can come in all different shapes and sizes depending on the species of marine animal.

‘My first thought was the shell of a shark’s egg. I recently got a bunch of weird things,’ the user wrote.

‘I thought shark eggs have shells too, but from what I read/see online they look more leathery?’ another pair.

While the mystery is still to be solved, one person summed up the scenes, writing: ‘We really do live on the most beautiful planet’.